@Sebastian_Paasch @Alexis Thanks!
Overall, I really like Asana but there’s a lot in it we don’t use, and I’ve found some redundancy. For instance, we don’t use Conversations in Asana almost ever (we use Slack). And besides, project-level Conversations are accessible in the project header.
Same for the Calendar.
And I’ve never understood why the team avatars need to be shown in the sidebar. It’s not a list that changes often, and it’s not that useful anyway when really it’s collaborators that matter for a task (where everything happens).
So the end result is the left sidebar feels really cluttered with stuff I’m never looking for. So now in my tweaked version I have way more projects visible yet it’s far less cluttered.
Similarly, lots of things should be emphasized, mostly group headers of one kind or another:
- Task section headers
- Task titles
- Project titles
- Team names
While other things should be de-emphasized (if not omitted like the stuff mentioned above). Things like:
- Mini-stories (the stuff in a task history that isn’t comments)
- Supporting data per task in the task list (the custom fields, due date, assignee, etc.)
- Ancillary links in the project list (things like “Show archived projects”)
- All sections but “LIST” in each project
- The header above the header
- The Asana logo (I love Asana, but c’mon, this is for my company, not yours)
There’s also opportunity to more strongly group related things. Like the custom fields area (http://cozy.es/PWfCj).
And general subtract-until-it-breaks. Like the comment box area – it’s already in a box, we don’t need another text box inside the box. http://cozy.es/1f7Mnm
Hope that helps!